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- From: work@tasha.guug.de (Felix Blank)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: real or imagined differences in phone networks worldwide
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.010957.5927@tasha.guug.de>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 01:09:57 GMT
- References: <2352@aegis.or.jp>
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- jroth@aegis.or.jp (Joel Roth) writes:
-
- >Could any phone/modem gurus give me an idea of just how different
- >phone network characteristics are worldwide with regard to modem
- >compatibility and safety?
-
- >And how really different are modems approved for different countries?
-
- >Are the differences simply to satisfy bureaucrats, or do they affect
- >how the modems operate in a significant way?
-
- One story from Germany: the PTT (Telekom) force all high speed modems
- to have a protection against redialing. After 12 unsuccessfull attempts,
- because the line beeing busy, the modem _must_ refuse further dial
- commands!
- Nice, isn't it? :-)
-
- Felix
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